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5 CONCLUSION (Part 19)


5 CONCLUSION (Part 19) “Memories of President Lincoln” was composed in the weeks after Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865, and was published together with Drum-Taps that same year. Everything that Whitman presents in the poem “When Lilacs…” actually took … Continue reading

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A NOTE ON POETIC TRANSLATION


A Note On Poetic Translation —

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REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE


REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE — — There has been much controversy (see Roy Harvey Pearce, “Whitman Justified: The Poet in 1860″, in Modern Critical Views, 1985) about the changes made by Whitman in Leaves of Grass during his life. His … Continue reading

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